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15 February 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD | ;

SUBJECT: Meeting with AMLASH-~1 tn Paris,
31 January to 3 February 1965

"obs 1, AMLASH-1 returned from Roma to Paris on 31 Jan 1965 ;

and wag net for a very brier meeting the Same night by ONTRICH F -
in order to arrange a meeting for the following day. The j
following Subjects were discussed at the two meetings on 1} and :

2 February 1965 :

a. The Primary reason for again neeting AKNLASH~1
before hig Planned return to Cuba was to brief him on the i
security implications involved in the inftltration and '
Possible capture of Modesto Orlando Orozeo Basulto AKA

bo Orozco, ‘who infiltrated into Cuba on 21 Dee 1964, c
Orozeo, Sccording to his Wf, went to Cuba to rescue (Jose
Yasquez Kerey and three others Bho wer hiding in the
home of a woman na {Gloria Cabreray€he lived at(Wo. 72 oF
27th Street }) betwotht & 0, Apartment 3, Vedado> Havana.
Orozco'g Capture, 17 he has been Captured, Presents an

AHTRUNK-10 believe 1¢ necessary to exfiltrate ANTRUNK-10,
AMLASH-1 was briefed to send a letter ¢ AFU-9 to ;

indicate whether Orozco has been 5frested or whether he is

Still tn hiding, r¢ the letter t3 NAFU~9 mentions a

800d and Pleasant return trip, this Will mean that Orozco

is not under the contro} of the security service. If the _
letter talks abouth long, tring trip, thig will indicate

that Orozco has been arrested, ALMILASH-} was algo Treouested

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¢. AMLASH-1 was given a resupply of S/W developer
pills and carbon. He lapped to take the S/W material 3-4
pack with him to Wavang..¢ AMLASH-1 again reviewed with |
WNSNAFU-9 and reminded GONSNAFU-9 to turn over to his (Pa: TD)
case officer all letters regardless of how received. frou
AMLASH-1 to either (SSNAFU-9 or letters that may be addressed :
to his parents-in-law!? AMLASH-1 algo agreed to ‘send S/# :
out in letters addressed to Jiian Ventura (AMWHIP-J's .
business partner) in Geneva or Rome, AMWHIP-1 was briefed
to inform Ventura.that any lettere he received fron .
AMLASH-1 should be inuediately air mailed to AMWHIP-1
“in New York. - Since AHLASH-1 will probably find it :
necessary some tine not to sign the letters to Ventura :
in his t¥ue name, AMWHIP-) was also briefed to inform -
Ventura to forward to New York any letter received from . —
Cuba. addressed to hin and signed by a person unknown to :
hi, S/W letters to AMLASH-1 should continue to be 5 i
addressed to Ernestina Acosta, Edf. No. 526, Apt. 8, O40 ;
Esquina Calles 25 y H.) In an emergency a letter can algo :

be sent to AMLASH-I's mother, i

_d, AMLASH-1 was again debriefed on the cache that had i
been put down for him in Matanzas. He repeated what he :
had previously reported and attempted to answer most of
the questions in the iAVE cable, A cable on this subject :
was sent from (Paris) to Headquarters, info WAVE, on 2 Feb, --
AMLASH-2 was requested to send a message either through . .
his channel or through ANTRURK-10's S/W chennel reporting .
how much of the radio equipment and other material had
been recovered from the cache,

@. AKLASH-I was asked if he knew of any individual in
Cuba whom he could recruit and who could be inserted. into
the Cuban Intelligence Service with the idea of attempting
to get the DGI to assign this man to Caracas, Venezuela,
AMLASH-1 couid think of only one possibility, an individual
known as Gustavo Gonzaled,90 ANLASH-1 has full confidence

. bin Gustave and Gustavo has previously been approached on ;
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‘geveral o¢casfSns by Pinero to work for him, Upon his
return to Cuba AMLASH-! will check to find out if Gustava) had
can still get himself recruited by Pinero and then be egal
sent on a mission abroad, hopefully to Caracas, (AMWHIP-1, fe.
who also knows Gustavofewitt pruvide the background tnfor-
‘mation upon his return to New York.)

ft. AMLASH-1 reported on the upcoming FEU elections
on 10 February 1965, AK!ASH-1 stated that Crombet, the
president of the Comsunist Youth, will become the new


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president and that his man, Lagiiro Mora, would be one of
the vice-presidents. _ (A cable’ on this subject was sent
to Headquarters from Carts.) . 0G

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Kk. AWLASR-1 was requested to check with Gizzolo )
regarding the precautions being taken to prevent sabotage
of the ik tives’ being shipped from France to Cuba;

‘specifically, how carefully do they check the Pplacemeat

of the seals, are they special seals or regular lead
seals, are there going to be any additional checks once
the locomotives reach Cuba, will they drain the of1 and
lubricants from the factory to the port, and do they run
the locomotives under their own power or are. they towed.
AMLASH-1 agracd to attempt to develop answers to the above
requirements and pacs.the information to his contact in

the Paris‘ Station]. AHLASH«1. also agreed to attempt to find
‘out and pass to the (Paris Statiom through (NBNAFU-9 the

nanes of the-Cuban técha training at La Rochelle.
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h. In a general discussion regarding the persons with
whom AMLASH-1 had been in contact either personally or
through letters, AMLASH-1 mentioned Alfredo Portela.
AMLASH-1 stated he hdd received a letter from Portela and
had in turn written to Portela. He considers Portela a

“friend which was the only reason for writing to him.

i. AMLASH-1 wes debriefed on Cuban Intelligence
Service personnel. A cable on this subject was sent fron

(@ariaDto Headquarters.
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j. <A cable was sent from @aris) to Headquarters
suggesting AVE send a S/W letter to AMTRUNK-10 stating:
“Este tranqutlo. Carlos regresa pronto,"

k, AMLASH-1 was asked for information on ‘the fal-
lowing persons:

(1) Samuel Gonzalez Rodriguez-Planes. AMLASH-1
reports he is a rember of the Ameijeiras group and
is a good and brave man.

(2) Antonio Lusson y Batlle, Chief of Operations
of the General Staff of the Occidental Army.
ANLASH-1 reports Lusson is an independent and rare
type individual who keeps to himself and doesn't
involve himself in political matters. AMLASH-1 hae
beard nothing bad about Lusson,

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Cuban offtciats. Basically, the Soviets are not respected,

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(3) Cudte. Raul Diaz Arguelles, Chief of
Artillery of the Occidental “rmy.

(4) Elpidio Baez Bigo. According to AMLASH-1,— ;
Baez is a trusted Fidelman. oy

(5) Luis Manuel Cantillo Toirac. Assigned to
the Cuban Embassy in Madrid and one of the security
people. He vas formerly assigned to Brazil, is young
and has for several years been with Pinero and the

Cuban IS.
(6) Enrique Oltuski Osacki. Oltuski 1s a close

friend of Faustino Perez and his stock eith the regine
rises or falls as does that of Faustino.

(71) Sergio Totlon. Code clerk in the Eabassy in
Parts, Tollon is staying in Paris at the request of
Ambassador Carrillo,

1, Gastro enteritis, water pollution and unsanitary

conditions. AMLASH-1 states there are no real problems,
although the scarcity and lack of a balanced diet do
cause some problems. The purification of water haa been

a problem which probably has been the cause of some of the

sickness in the country.

m, AMLASH-1 did not believe that Aragones had invited

im to fly back to Havana with him in order to get hin

ack because of any serious security matter. AMIASH-1
did state that Aragones was concerned that AMLASH-1 may not
return to Cuba. Since Aragones cleared AMLASH-! for his
trip abroad, he is in a way responsible that AMLASH-1 does
not defect and returns to Cuba. ANLASH~1 feele Aragones
does not want any problems with Fidel in case AMLASH~1

decides to stay out,

n, AMLASH-1 was unable to provide any information on

the political developments tn Cuba in mid-November and
December since he had been out of the country atnce early
November, AMLAS-1 was asked to check on the problems
between the opposing factions in the Cubana leadership and
explained the issues, the background and personalities

involved,

o. Soviet advise or influence in political and economic
sentment among the middle and higher level

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‘and very hard worker, one of the few, acco

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p. Runk of Cubao officials under Fidel tn terns of
their influence in making national: policy. Raul ia still
the heir apparent to Fidel. Next to Raul is Che Guevara.
After that, no other official, according to AMLASH-1, has
any great influence in the making of Cuban national policy.
President Dorticos* Felationship with Fidel 16 good since
he ts a hard and serious worker, has good. sdainistrative
ability acd is able to work within the gengral outline laid
down: by Fidel. Raul Castro has some political influesce -

‘and. eontrol ‘ia Oriente where he has placed his men in

positions ‘of influence, but only Fidel personally hae any
poltical influenacé in the rest of Cuba. Even within the.
military Fide gatects.and appoints high arszy officers. ..-.
Che Guevara i6.still strong in the ecoromte field and =~
has ‘not suffered'a decline in his influence and authority
because of hie earlier policy of industrialization, .
Gdevara restricts himself to the economic field and plays
a very small role in the political field. He is serious
rding to AMLASH-1,
who has worked seven days a week without leave since the
revolution. Emilio Aragones holds an important position
ag the orgapizational secretary of the PURS. He is the
official who was always at the office of the National
Directorate of tho Party and has contact with all the
officials in the regime. He plays an important coordinating
role, Faure Chomon has been accused of organizing former
13th of March Revolutionary Directorate people, but,
according to AMLASH-1, this probably based on the fact that
Chomon always gives jobs in the ministry he heads to DR
people, Because of this Chomon today controls to a large
degree the Ministry of Transportation. Of all the ministries,
the DR's stronghold is in the Ministry of Transportation.
Other DR people who continue to nold important positions
in the regime are Alberto Mora, Ambassador Carrtllo and

Jose Maranjo.

q. AMLASH-1 and AMWHIPD-1 were unable to develop any
specifics, but from their conversations with Ambassador
Carrillo got the impression that Carrillo would prefer and
welcome a transfer from the Embassy an Paris to the

Embassy in Madrid.

r. According to Emtlio Aragoses, Anibal Escalante
is being considered for a job outside Cuba. The job will
probably be in the commercial/economic field, but a
decision had not been made es of November 1964 as to

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s.. AMLASH-1 again reported that be ‘tee1s(Oriando
Blanco, Consul of the Cuban Exbassy in @ern> pis .
Pyle approachable since he is unhappy with the Cubaa regime.
os AMLASH-1 also feels that (Enrique Rodriguez Loeches
Cuban Ambassador in be Tr approachable if approsched
avy and developed. by the right person. (Harina Garcia Gonzales )°°
., assigned to the commercial section of the Cuban Enbasey
in Rabat}, ANLASH-1 feels is also approachable and feels
money can be tised as gn tnducerent. Ambassador Carrillo,
| AMLASH-1 feels, £f -the proper person developed: his, could
| probably be compromised with Fidel, He is a character
_ Mand coutd easily be entangled according to AMLASH-1 in
ya compromising situation. Ambassador Carrillo is a close
friend of Lucy ‘Echevarria. ‘

‘ 2. AMLASH-1 was 2150 asked information on a long list

, of other requirements on Cuba. On many hé.was unable to pro-
vide information and cables were sent to Hoadquarters on the
requirements on which he did provide information.

Nestor D. Sanches
WH/ SA/ AMWORLD

cc: WH/SA/EOB
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